something about budget and funding....roberto savio






Roberto Savio  utopie@...


Citando Jason Nardi <jason.nardi@...>:

> Dear friends of the Communication Commission,
>
> In the agenda of the IC plenary in Rabat, Communication will be a key point
> of 2010 process, which is decentralized both geographically and in terms of
> dates (without a common date or central event).
>
> In Belem, ComCom was present with 6 communication projects and press
> coverage stimulation.
> After Belem, we have gone through a phase of low engagement, caused in part
> by a lack of structured preparation and in part to organizational
> difficulties questioning the role of the WSF office, between liaison group
> and ComCom in in the area of communication. But also because many of you who
> have participated in the Belem activities have not been able to continue in
> the following months and few others have joined the process.
>
> This phase was put to an end ? we hope - by circulating a message calling
> organisations promoting assemblies to join efforts for documentation of
> assemblies and participate in ComCom working groups. This message will be
> repeated if necessary, together with personal contacts that have been shared
> among people in ComCom. Because there is no other way than rising the level
> of ownership and contribution of organisation towards facilitation task of
> WSF process
>
> Thus, Rabat IC starting May 6th is an occasion for strengthening the vision
> we have together of the context of communication in WSF process and share it
> with IC plenary, with other commissions, with the Liaison Group.  To clarify
> and share general visions and operating modes we will have a meeting of
> ComCom and then a meeting with Liaison Group. Also we will intervene in
> debates of plenaries and of other commissions
>
> For these reasons, and to facilitate the preparation of those meetings, we
> have taken the initiative to submit to discussion a draft that describes the
> context of communication in WSF process, the guidelines for our work plan,
> being understood that it is up to each working group  to specify its tasks
> and followup.
>
>
> *Plan proposed in the draft *
> 1 - Where is the Communication Commission now?
> 2 - Background: Passing from "annual events" to a ?Calendar WSF"
> 3 ? Objectives of the Communication commission: "facilitation of WSF process
> in two areas : participation and media
> 4 - Establishing a frame for inclusive and effective work for the ComCom
> working groups
> 5 - Clarifying the work frame with the Liaison Group and WSF office.
> Relating to other commissions
> 6 ? Sketching Scenarios for participation in internet along communication
> flows between actors
>
> To cooperate with the local organization committees for events in 2010 we
> need to:
> A - Mobilizing people working in the ComCom!
> B - Stimulating exchange between the committees for planned events by
> linking these dates and events in a common communication processes.
> C ? Communicate to mobilize
> D - Communicate to stimulate the participants and the means to deepen their
> engagement and find synergies with other organizations
> E - Make visible the resulting process for the media.
>
> This plan does not get into details of agenda of each working group. Those
> will be defined in the dynamics of each group. Each group has its own
> website page and mailing list.
> The list of groups coming out of the plans for Berlin and Abuja is here, new
> groups may appear
> http://openfsm.net/projects/communication-commission/directory2
>
>
>
> *Proposed procedure about this draft text*
> Contributions and inputs on the general framework, or on some working group
> agenda in particular are welcome until the end of April and will be
> incorporated into the document if they raise no explicit criticisms. We can
> assess the progress of the draft in a chat session on the *29th of
> April*and in the ComCom list.
>
> The document resulting from this discussion may be finalized during the
> meeting in Rabat, and then be circulated by written to the participants in
> Rabat and on the IC lists.
>
> It will be a frame then to structure our common mid 2009-2010 budget for all
> activities related to the WSF communication process.
>
> Waiting for your input and comments!!!
> Jason, Pierre, Salete
>